Documentary cover on al arfan aquaponic farm by murray hallam and frank gapinski. the is one of top 3 farms in the middle east and largest venture of its kin.... Oman: aquaponics: a promising method for growing fish and crops in oman aquaponics is the combination of fish production (aquaculture) with the soil-less production of plants (hydroponics). it operates within a closed-loop system and utilises minimal resources.. Do you want to see the first aquaponics farm in oman, al arfan farm inaugurated by the minister of agriculture and fisheries..
Al arfan is the first-of-its kind aquaponics farm in oman that was recently inaugurated in barka under the auspices of dr fuad bin jaafar al sajwani, the minister of agriculture and fisheries.. In october 2012 a large public aquaponics project was launched using tilapia as the farmed fish species. the project eventually aims at producing the more valuable asian seabass (lates calcarifer). the aquaponics facility is located in the barka region within the governorate of muscat.. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics, placing both systems in tandem. this mutualistic operation allows the fish waste to be used as a source of nutrients for the plants. the plants (along with micro-organisms) clean the fish waste water and returned filtered water to the fish tank..
